The Greeks had their Metics

  What is so vile and scary about a “path to citizenship”?   Amnesty, from Greek amnēstía, “forgetfulness of wrong” seems like a good concept. Who wants to hold on to resentment for someone who bravely escaped a hard and often dangerous life and crossed a border? Could it be simply a dislike and fear […]

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Pharma Drama!

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is about granting the people the right to exercise their freedoms of speech and religion.     I guess Big Pharma has some claim to the 1st but: Why do we allow them to bombard us with dramatized ads attempting to convince us to start using their remedies […]

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Small Fingers on the Buttons

  The motives are suspect, “beautiful babies” notwithstanding. Now he has a taste and with no semblance of strategy or thoughtful engagement can feel the power he has at his tiny fingertips. This was a win, win, win, win for him: major distraction, demonstration of toughness and new sheriff in town, favorability bump and awesome sense […]

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